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J. BROMBACHER
Berlin, Germany - Germany


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Original Artworks (224)

J. Brombacher; Beis Midrash, 2020, Original Drawing Pastel, 18 x 24 inches. Artwork description: 241 This drawing in oil pastel on tinted paper shows a typical scene in a Beit Midrash, a house of study. A rabbi is learning and discussing with his students. ...
J. Brombacher
Original Pastel Drawing, 2020
18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61.0 cm)
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J. Brombacher; Shpoler Zeida Study House, 2020, Original Drawing Ink, 18 x 24 inches. Artwork description: 241 This is a portrait of a studying rabbi in a series I made about the famous Chassidic Master known as the Shpoler Zeida. The technique is charcoal and ink. ...
J. Brombacher
Original Ink Drawing, 2020
18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61.0 cm)
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J. Brombacher; Shas Six Orders Of The Mishnah, 2020, Original Drawing Ink, 24 x 18 inches. Artwork description: 241 The Mishnah is divided in six orders, Shisha Sidrei Mishnah, represented by a shin and a samekh and six rabbis studying the Mishnah.  Note there is a little stain in the top right corner of the drawing caused by oil in the artists studio.  The drawing is ...
J. Brombacher
Original Ink Drawing, 2020
24 x 18 inches (61.0 x 45.7 cm)
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J. Brombacher; The Dream Of The Kabbalist, 2020, Original Painting Oil, 18 x 24 inches. Artwork description: 241 The kabbalist in the painting fell asleep on one of the domed mausoleums in the old kabbalistic graveyard near Tzfat  Safed  and sees in his dream the angels Gavriel and Michael, showing the Torah to the righteous man. The souls of the kabbalists buried in Tzfat come ...
J. Brombacher
Original Oil Painting, 2020
18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61.0 cm)
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J. Brombacher; Lockdown 2, 2020, Original Pastel Oil, 18 x 24 inches. Artwork description: 241 The anxiety caused by the lockdown in New York hovers like a winged creature on your neck. ...
J. Brombacher
Original Oil Pastel, 2020
18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61.0 cm)
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J. Brombacher; Lockdown 1, 2020, Original Drawing Pastel, 18 x 24 inches. Artwork description: 241 The trapped feeling of living in a city hit hard by the pandemic, no travel, not even being able- - or willing- - to leave one s owning one s neighborhood, bu in   soaring over the city. ...
J. Brombacher
Original Pastel Drawing, 2020
18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61.0 cm)
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J. Brombacher; Discussion, 2020, Original Paper, 8 x 12 inches. Artwork description: 241 This drawingwatercolor pencil on paper, 8. 5 X 12. 5belongs to a series about the life and legends of the Shpoler Zeidasee
J. Brombacher
Original Paper, 2020
8 x 12 inches (20.3 x 30.5 cm)
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J. Brombacher; The Shpoler Zeida At Study, 2020, Original Drawing Pastel, 18 x 24 inches. Artwork description: 241 In my series of portraits of the Shpoler Zeida and his trial with G- d are many pastel drawings, like this one. I tried to capture his different expressions. Read about the trial here:
J. Brombacher
Original Pastel Drawing, 2020
18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61.0 cm)
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J. Brombacher; Between Heaven And Earth, 2000, Original Painting Oil, 24 x 36 inches. Artwork description: 241 Said the Karliner RebbeA Jew should be like the ladder of Jacob, with his head in Heaven and his feet firmly planted on the ground.  In other words, a Jew should study Torah and think of spiritual things while taking care of his livelihood, business and family, ...
J. Brombacher
Original Oil Painting, 2000
24 x 36 inches (61.0 x 91.4 cm)
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J. Brombacher; Miriam Dancing, 1997, Original Painting Oil, 24 x 36 inches. Artwork description: 241 This is one of my paintings bout Biblical women.  Miriam, Mosessister, took her tambourine after the Jews got safely on dry land and escaped Pharaoh s heir, and sang an song of praise.  All the Jewish women sang and danced with her. ...
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Original Oil Painting, 1997
24 x 36 inches (61.0 x 91.4 cm)
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J. Brombacher; The Jewish Cemetery Of Prague, 1996, Original Painting Oil, 40 x 42 inches. Artwork description: 241 For years I have been working on thebthem of the Golem of Prague, which resulted in many paintings and drawings, like this one.  The Hoykhe Rabbi Loeb contemplates his golem. See:
J. Brombacher
Original Oil Painting, 1996
40 x 42 inches (101.6 x 106.7 cm)
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J. Brombacher; Study, 2007, Original Painting Oil, 12 x 12 inches. Artwork description: 241 I was born in Amsterdam and researched the 17th century Sephardic community of Amsterdam.  This resulted in a series of historical paintings, like this one, a rabbi studying a text.  Its not for sale but I have many more historical paintings. ...
J. Brombacher
Original Oil Painting, 2007
12 x 12 inches (30.5 x 30.5 cm)
Not For Sale
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J. Brombacher; Trial Of The Shpoler Zeide 1, 2017, Original Painting Oil, 16 x 20 inches. Artwork description: 241 I am illustrating a book about the Shpoler Zeide, a famous Chassidic Rebbe, by Dr. J. Paull and J. Briskman. There are many stories about the Shpoler Zayda  or: Zeide . I made pastel drawings and oil paintings. They will be included in the book, but the originals ...
J. Brombacher
Original Oil Painting, 2017
16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
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J. Brombacher; The Shpoler Zeide, 2017, Original Painting Oil, 16 x 20 inches. Artwork description: 241 I am illustrating a book about the Shpoler Zeide, a famous Chassidic Rebbe, by Dr. J. Paull and J. Briskman. There are many stories about the Shpoler Zayda and i made pastel drawings and oil paintings. They will be included in the book, but the originals are ...
J. Brombacher
Original Oil Painting, 2017
16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
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J. Brombacher; Shpoler Zeide S Trial With Gd, 2015, Original Painting Oil, 36 x 36 inches. Artwork description: 241 I am illustrating a book about the Shpoler Zeide, a famous Chassidic Rebbe, by Dr. J. Paull and J. Briskman. There are many stories about the Shpoler Zayda and i made pastel drawings, like this one, and oil paintings. They will be included in the book, but ...
J. Brombacher
Original Oil Painting, 2015
36 x 36 inches (91.4 x 91.4 cm)
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J. Brombacher; The Purim Angel, 2016, Original Drawing Pastel, 18 x 24 inches. Artwork description: 241 I am illustrating a book about the Shpoler Zeide, a famous Chassidic Rebbe, by Dr. J. Paull and J. Briskman. There are many stories about the  Shpoler Zayda and i made pastel drawings, like this one, and oil paintings. They will be included in the book, but ...
J. Brombacher
Original Pastel Drawing, 2016
18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61.0 cm)
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J. Brombacher; 7 Torah Paths Of Abulafia, 2018, Original Painting Oil, 24 x 36 inches. Artwork description: 241 This work belongs to a large project illustrating and explaining the work of a medieval Jewish Sicilian kabbalist Avraham Abulafia, combining his texts with travel memories of the artist. The extensive descriptions will be published soon. ...
J. Brombacher
Original Oil Painting, 2018
24 x 36 inches (61.0 x 91.4 cm)
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J. Brombacher; Rabbi Yochanan, 2012, Original Drawing Pastel, 18 x 24 inches. Artwork description: 241 I wrote and illustrated a book about roses in Jewish writings, such as the Bible, Talmud, midrash, medieval tales, Sephardic songs, etc. :
J. Brombacher
Original Pastel Drawing, 2012
18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61.0 cm)
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J. Brombacher; The Twelve Tribes, 2012, Original Drawing Pastel, 18 x 24 inches. Artwork description: 241 I made a series of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, the sons of Jacob Yaakov who each receive a blessing. You can read more about this series at
J. Brombacher
Original Pastel Drawing, 2012
18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61.0 cm)
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J. Brombacher; The Wagon Of The Baal Shem, 1995, Original Drawing Pastel, 12 x 18 inches. Artwork description: 241 The artist has made numerous drawings of the Chassidic Master called the Baal Shem Tov, or Besht, his wagon, and stories about him. Here he flies miraculously through the air with his Chassidim. ...
J. Brombacher
Original Pastel Drawing, 1995
12 x 18 inches (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
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Artist Statement

Art makes the world within the artist visible.
Classical music, poetry, Jewish and Chassidic stories, traveling, the love for people and memories of eras gone but not forgotten, cities where I lived and worked, like Amsterdam, Berlin, Jerusalem, New York, or visitedm, lie Prague and Sicily, are the main ingredients of my art.
My art is like the water of the canals of my native Amsterdam, Rembrandts city, the deeper you look into it, the more you see. A reflection of a reflection of a reflection...look, what you see is not what you see.
My art contains texts and letters, lets writing come alive, and reflects my deep connection with the Dutch 17th century Masters, German expressionism, Russian art and medieval miniatures.
My art is also a tribute to music and the world of the great Chassidic masters of Eastern Europe. The Kotzker Rebbe listened to a Chassidic storyteller in the street and stated

He told what he wanted and I heard what I needed.

That is Art.
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